Dear Colleagues,
The 4th IEEE 802.3 Working Group recirculation ballot on the amendment IEEE P802.3bq 25G/40GBASE-T closed successfully on 3rd December 2015. The ballot exceeded the required 75% for consensus to approve the draft. There were no new negatives, and the one comment submitted was withdrawn. Based on this the conditions to proceed to sponsor ballot have been satisfied.
The ballot statistics are:
274 Voters
155 Approve
3 Disapprove
27 Abstain
185 Ballots returned
67.52% Response Rate (> 50% required)
14.59% Abstain Rate (< 30% required)
98.1% Approval Rate (>= 75% required)
Thank you to all that participated in this ballot.
David Law
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group
David Chalupsky
Chair, IEEE P802.3bq 25G/40GBASE-T Task Force